A Manor’s Sinister Secrets, Love Magic Gone Wrong, and More New YA Books for July 15, 2026

Sylvie takes a summer job at a remote prairie preserve as a way of getting away from her life. She’s struggled with several mental health challenges, and she’s eager to get away from her cruel father. At this job, she’s finding herself drawn to a mysterious boy at night that she’s been told to avoid. There’s also a strange boy named Jack with whom she’s developed a friendship.

Between these two relationships, Sylvie is beginning to see there’s something mysterious going on at this preserve. It’s weird because this place feels like the most at home she’s ever been. But as Sylvie uncovers more of the place’s story, she realizes there’s a curse keeping people here. Can she be the one to undo the curse–and if she does, will she cause more harm than she could imagine?

This one’s being compared to Grimm’s fairy tales and modern thrillers.

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Riya has several sisters, but she’s the only one who received the family’s peri magic. It’s emotion magic, tied to the power of love. While Riya herself has no interest in using that love magic to her advantage–the last time she was in a relationship, it did not go well–her best friend Mel keeps insisting she try to use it on her. Mel wants to catch her crush’s eye.

Mel finally wears Riya down, and unfortunately, it’s not a tiny love spell cast. It’s a curse, and it’s been placed on the school’s bad boy, Kian Kho, who is now obsessed with Riya. If Riya doesn’t reverse the curse by the next full moon, Kian may be physically heartbroken for life.

As much as Riya wants to forget about her peri magic, mastering it is the only way she’ll be able to save Kian and herself.

Mrs. Caroline Reginald Kane is the last descendant of a family of oil barons in 1921. She needs to figure out who her heir will be, and to do so, she’s invited four debutantes to Greystone Manor to compete for the title (and all the goods that come from it).

The four girls could not be more different. But they may not be the only ones watching the competition. Something is, in a word, off about the Manor in which they’re competing. Whatever that thing is, it doesn’t want any of these girls to be the heir.

Estella Aubergine is a teen girl who had it all. She had access to money, an incredible education, and a powerful family. But when she goes missing, best friends Pippa and Bidi, who could not be more different from her, see an opportunity to change their lives. Estella’s mom is offering a big reward for answers, and the besties are going to dive deep into Estella’s world to find out what happened.

But from the moment Pippa and Bidi enter Beaumont Academy, they recognize that they don’t fit in. They’re seeing the kind of power–and secrecy–that access to money allows the school’s teachers and students.

It also appears someone is out to take down the girls in their quest for answers.

Greta Riley Green takes a job with the local amusement park, Hyper Kid Magic Land, this summer. She hopes to move on from The Incident last year and reinvent herself. Greta is thrilled when she and Mercy Goodwin begin to forge a friendship–Mercy is cool and effortless, confident and well-liked.

So when Mercy tells Greta she has to tell her a secret, Greta feels fully accepted. Mercy wants Greta to meet her the next day. Greta shows … but Mercy does not. Mercy doesn’t show up the next day or the next, either.

This isn’t the first time a team member of Hyper Kid Magic Land has disappeared. It’s not the first time there’s been blood on the hands of the amusement park. Now, Greta’s summer of reinvention looks more like a summer of unearthing a dark history of the place where she hoped to find something new.

CJ Smith survived the Satterville Wolf Man. She doesn’t revel in living through hell, though. It’s impossible, since her story and the stories of those who weren’t so lucky were the inspiration for a bestselling book series. CJ hates the books, hates the fandom, and hates that she will never be able to live a normal life.

But she has been comforted by the fact that this happened only once, and things have been normal in Satterville since.

So when an unpublished addition to the book series shows up at her door, CJ is a little annoyed. That annoyance turns to fear, though, as things in the book start to happen around her, as if predicting the future. When CJ breaks her rule of trying to blend in and not draw attention to her experiences, the person who was supposed to survive the latest Wolf Man attacks ends up dead.

It’s now up to CJ to figure out how to survive the latest round of attacks and help save as many people as possible.